Which of the following are examples of collusion?

A. The menu prices at restaurants in New Buffalo, Michigan, a small lakeside town, increase during the summer months and decline starting November 1.

B. Three major airlines meet to discuss pricing strategy and as a result prices for airplane tickets rise.

C. The two firms in a small rural town that employ most of the people in that area agree to keep wages low.

D. Two steel manufacturers apply the same new technology, which increases productivity for both.

E. All the seafood restaurants in a coastal town increase their prices after a bad storm reduces the amount of fish being caught locally.

If delta airlines were to significantly change its fare structure and flight schedule to enhance its competitive position in response to aggressive price cutting by southwest airlines, this would be an example ofanswers: explicit collusion. tacit collusion. competitive dynamics. a harvest strategy.

Amarket that consists of all possible consumers regardless of their specific needs or wants is a

Rate of return douglas keel, a financial analyst for orange industries, wishes to estimate the rate of return for two similar-risk investments, x and y. douglas's research indicates that the immediate past returns will serve as reasonable estimates of future returns. a year earlier, investment x had a market value of $27 comma 000; and investment y had a market value of $46 comma 000. during the year, investment x generated cash flow of $2 comma 025 and investment y generated cash flow of $ 6 comma 770. the current market values of investments x and y are $28 comma 582 and $46 comma 000, respectively. a. calculate the expected rate of return on investments x and y using the most recent year's data. b. assuming that the two investments are equally risky, which one should douglas recommend? why?